Chapter 194 Concubine Hui's Speculation
The emperor was very strong and he grabbed the queen's right wrist. After a long time, the blood color on the queen's right hand faded.
The queen was about to struggle, but she followed the emperor's gaze and saw a piece of white paper sticking out of her sleeve.
"Since Your Majesty has seen it, why didn't you say anything just now?" The Queen spoke softly and stopped struggling.
"I am giving you a chance, but you don't cherish it." After the emperor said this, he shook off the scraps of paper from the queen's sleeves and motioned for Eunuch Zhu to come over and put them together.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to go to so much trouble. It was indeed I who instructed my brother, Minister Wang, to frame the Gu family." The Queen stared at Eunuch Zhu's actions, and as the words on the paper were gradually completed, she completely collapsed.
"Why do you do this?" The emperor looked at the queen, deep disappointment flashing in his eyes.
"Why, haha, why, I am the queen of a country, but I don't have any princes. I even have concubines, so why don't I have any?"
The queen looked up and saw despair in the emperor's eyes. Tears rolled down her eyes and fell to the ground.
"You are not in good health. The imperial physician has long said that you are infertile. Besides, what does this have to do with the Gu family?"
When the emperor looked at the queen, there was more coldness in his eyes than indifference.
"I know, but I can't have children. It's obviously because I was harmed by a bad guy. I was poisoned by a bad guy."
When the queen said this, she recalled the personal maid who poisoned her more than ten years ago. At that time, she was still a noble concubine. Because of the poisoning, she had already cut the maid into pieces and executed her.
But what does it matter if she dies? Her body is broken and can never be healed.
Even if the emperor later made her the queen, it was only a superficial honor.
"So, you still haven't answered me, what does all this have to do with the Gu family?" The emperor suppressed his anger, but was on the verge of exploding.
"Forgive me, I have nothing to say." The queen saw that after she had said so much, there was no mercy in the emperor's eyes, and instead he kept pursuing the Gu family's affairs. Her heart turned cold and she knelt up again.
"The Queen has behaved badly. From now on, she will stay in Yinfeng Palace and reflect on her mistakes." The Emperor stared at her for a long time. The Queen just knelt straight with her eyes closed, as if she wanted him to do whatever he wanted.
"emperor?"
When the queen heard the emperor's treatment of her, she was stunned. As the head of the harem, she broke the example of not interfering in politics. Logically, the emperor could depose her. However, should she just reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors?
"Don't think too much. I just need someone to be the queen. You are the most suitable person for this harem." The emperor said this and walked out of Yinfeng Palace with a flick of his sleeves.
Eunuch Zhu had not finished piecing together the scraps of paper, but he had taken a general look at it and there was no need for him to continue reading.
"Hehe, suitable, suitable?" The queen smiled miserably, and the light in her beautiful eyes faded little by little. Who was she to the emperor? Why was she suitable to be the queen?
The emperor left Yinfeng Palace, squinted his eyes, looked up at the sun, and sighed secretly.
His calculations toward the queen outweighed his guilt, otherwise he would not have let her go so easily, and even let her continue to sit on the throne of queen.
Because the palace maid who poisoned her more than ten years ago was instructed by him.
He needed a concubine without a son to be the queen. At that time, Concubine Hui had already given birth to a prince. As for Concubine Yu, her methods were too stupid and she could not support the position of queen at all.
Finally, he set his sights on the queen.
As for why a concubine without a son was needed to be the queen, it was of course for Shangguan Nanxing.
If Shangguan Nanxing became the emperor, only a person like him would become the empress dowager and would have no plans for Xing'er. After all, without a son, she could only rely on Xing'er.
In fact, this also allows the queen to live a life of wealth and glory, and it can be considered as his compensation for her inability to have children.
But the emperor racked his brains but couldn't figure out why the queen wanted to frame an important official of the court.
"Oh..." Another long sigh. None of the women in the harem could compare to his virtuous concubine.
"Someone, come and pass on my order. The woman can be brought in." After the emperor left, the queen calmed down completely. Since she couldn't do it, she would let someone who could come.
What the queen was talking about, of course, was the woman who looked very much like Concubine Xian. Although she didn't understand why the emperor did not depose her but only placed her under house arrest, she was still unwilling to give up.
The queen in the previous life had the same plan, but unfortunately, the woman who looked like Concubine Xian in the previous life died, and no suitable person was found. The face-changing technique could only be performed once, and eventually the woman whose face had been changed also hit her head and died.
So in the previous life, this woman who looked like the virtuous concubine did not appear.
But in this life, Su Xin, she came.
Just as the emperor and empress were each thinking about their own things, a figure quietly retreated.
"What did you say? Did the Queen instruct people to frame the Gu family?" Concubine Hui stared at the servant in front of her who was wearing a palace maid's uniform. When she heard the news, she was so shocked that she sat up from the couch.
"Taoxiang, are you sure?" Taoxiang was her informant planted in the Queen's bedroom. Among the servants who had kneeled in Yinfeng Palace before, Taoxiang was among them.
"I heard it with my own ears and saw it with my own eyes." Taoxiang knelt on the ground and spoke earnestly.
"Then how did the emperor punish the queen? Did he depose her?" Concubine Hui raised her hand and took the hand warmer handed to her by the palace maid standing beside her, her beautiful eyes fixed on Taoxiang.
"In reply to Concubine Hui, no, the Emperor said that the Empress interfered in foreign affairs and placed her under house arrest in Yinfeng Palace. From today on, she is not allowed to leave Yinfeng Palace."
Taoxiang looked up and saw that after she finished speaking, Concubine Hui's eyes turned cold. She lowered her head in fear and dared not look at her again.
"Hmph! The queen is so lucky. The emperor hasn't deposed her even in this situation." As long as the queen is not deposed, doesn't it mean that she will still be the imperial concubine?
"Forget it. The Queen won't cause any big trouble. She's just a woman without a son." Concubine Hui waved her hand, signaling Taoxiang to go back as soon as possible to avoid others' suspicion.
Then a look of deep thought flashed across Concubine Hui's eyes. She wondered why the emperor did not depose the queen. It was definitely not because the emperor had feelings for the queen. She had been with the emperor for so many years, but the emperor only loved the deceased concubine.
After thinking for a long time, I really have no clue. It is said that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. If the emperor's mind is really that easy to guess, then I would have been the queen long ago. Then wouldn't Feng'er definitely be the future crown prince?
Thinking of this, Concubine Hui was suddenly stunned.
Yes, if the queen falls, the harem cannot be without a master for a day, so the queen will definitely have to choose between Concubine Yu and her. After all, in this harem, only the two of them are qualified.
Whether it is her or Concubine Yu, they both have a son. If either of them becomes queen, then the prince will be a legitimate son.
Thinking about this, Concubine Hui suddenly felt cold all over.
The emperor has always favored the third prince.
If the emperor needs a childless person to be his queen, how can he be sure that the queen will not be able to give birth to a son in the future?
Thinking about how the Empress was drugged by a palace maid more than ten years ago, Concubine Hui's scalp suddenly went numb. Was all this the Emperor's suggestion?
Concubine Hui stood up hurriedly and walked back and forth in the huge room. She was afraid that her guess was true, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was true.
The emperor could actually attack the woman he slept in the same bed with. If I threatened Shangguan Nanxing, would the emperor attack me without hesitation?
Now Feng'er is still lying in the prince's mansion. The imperial physician said that although Feng'er's pulse is fine, he has fractures all over his body and needs to stay in bed for a few days before he can get out of bed.
The most important thing is that when Feng'er woke up, even if he had broken bones all over his body, he would still struggle to take a bath.
No matter how she asked Feng'er what happened that night, Feng'er refused to mention a word and didn't even look at her.
"Someone, go to the princess's residence." Concubine Hui forced herself to calm down. If her guesses were correct, then the emperor must want to pass the throne to Shangguan Nanxing.
If the secretive emperor and the eccentric Su Yue who is full of tricks are both supporters of Shangguan Nanxing, then how can her Feng'er win the competition for the crown prince?
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